...well kinda....
If your not a reloader, the caveat to this is you have to buy a press and a seating die but don't worry your still not reloading anything.... continue.
So anyways I was watching another Eric Cortina video taking notes when he discussed a side topic about factory ammo. Basically most people keep trying different brands until you find the one that shoots the best, is essentially finding the one with a seating depth node that matches your barrel. He then went on to explain that, lets say you found the "best" but it still isn't good enough... you could, tune the ammo by adjusting its seating depth from where it is. (22:20 mark)
Ask for how and why in the comments if needed.
Part2 for the handloaders. (19:06 mark)
Another thing that stood out to me was when he said "seating depth will tune any load".
Every loads group size can be tuned by adjusting seating depth. If it doesn't shrink enough, change your combustion components, but it can be shrunk to some extent. This was an epiphany to me because it applies regardless of distance to lands, such as a magazine restricting COAL. I always assumed if I couldn't get good group size it was because I couldn't load closer to the lands if I had a magazine limitation. I have a new trick to try.
View: https://youtu.be/9FKq8Jj8YEI?si=C64Wu4eLtL8cdPxk&t=1146
If your not a reloader, the caveat to this is you have to buy a press and a seating die but don't worry your still not reloading anything.... continue.
So anyways I was watching another Eric Cortina video taking notes when he discussed a side topic about factory ammo. Basically most people keep trying different brands until you find the one that shoots the best, is essentially finding the one with a seating depth node that matches your barrel. He then went on to explain that, lets say you found the "best" but it still isn't good enough... you could, tune the ammo by adjusting its seating depth from where it is. (22:20 mark)
Ask for how and why in the comments if needed.
Part2 for the handloaders. (19:06 mark)
Another thing that stood out to me was when he said "seating depth will tune any load".
Every loads group size can be tuned by adjusting seating depth. If it doesn't shrink enough, change your combustion components, but it can be shrunk to some extent. This was an epiphany to me because it applies regardless of distance to lands, such as a magazine restricting COAL. I always assumed if I couldn't get good group size it was because I couldn't load closer to the lands if I had a magazine limitation. I have a new trick to try.